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What's one thing Los Padres Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
620
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALINAS CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 063393005324
Los Padres Elementary
1130 John St., Salinas, CA 93905 · (831) 753-5630 · Monterey County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL620 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
499 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 87 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 7% larger than its 6th grade class (87).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
25.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.2pp since 2014
Math
28.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.7% | 15.5% | 24.9% | 49.9% |
| Math | 14.1% | 14.6% | 29.8% | 41.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.2% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.6% | 22.9% |
| 2022-23 | 26.7% | 26.3% |
| 2021-22 | 28.9% | 23.6% |
| 2018-19 | 24.9% | 24.2% |
| 2017-18 | 25.3% | 19.1% |
| 2016-17 | 27.1% | 18.1% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 17.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Los Padres Elementary
Los Padres Elementary's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Padres Elementary this school | 620 | 80.5% | 24.8% |
| KIPP Raices Academy Los Angeles | 619 | 80.9% | N/A |
| KIPP Iluminar Academy Los Angeles | 593 | 79.9% | N/A |
| Alianza Charter Watsonville | 626 | 80.2% | 32.2% |
| George Nicoloff Elementary San Ysidro | 616 | 79.9% | 19.5% |
| Lamont Elementary Lamont | 586 | 79.7% | 19.6% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Los Padres Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Monterey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #4,095 of 5,151 | #39 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #3,354 of 5,172 ▲ 506 | #22 of 70 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #4,464 of 5,172 ▲ 59 | #49 of 70 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #3,165 of 5,116 | #45 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 620 | #1,229 of 5,915 | #20 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,626 of 5,352 | #50 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.1% | #5,190 of 5,354 | #51 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.5% | #2,145 of 5,625 | #38 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #1,067 of 3,837 | #10 of 55 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
620
-125 (-17%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 24.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 620 | 26 | 23.9:1 | 80% (499) |
| 2023-24 | 676 | 29 | 23.3:1 | 83% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 27.5 | 24.8:1 | 83% (566) |
| 2020-21 | 745 | 31 | 24.0:1 | 86% (641) |
| 2017-18 | 807 | 35 | 23.1:1 | 80% (644) |
| 2015-16 | 830 | 31 | 26.8:1 | 87% (719) |
| 2010-11 | 760 | N/A | N/A | 88% (671) |
| 2000-01 | 669 | 31 | 21.6:1 | 100% (666) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 24 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Los Padres Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (807 to 620); teachers down 26% (35 to 26).
About Los Padres Elementary
Los Padres Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in California, located in Salinas. Enrolled students number 620 students, in kindergarten through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Los Padres Elementary is one of 15 schools in Salinas City Elementary, which enrolls 8,236 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Los Padres Elementary is 97% Hispanic. The county population is about 62% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 5% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 26 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 23.9:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligible students account for 80% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Los Padres Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 16% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Los Padres Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 32.4%. Los Padres Elementary scores 24.8%, 7.6 points below that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Monterey County, the median household income is $97,230, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Monterey County is home to 153 public schools and about 73,845 public school students.
Nearest public school: El Sausal Middle, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Los Padres Elementary ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 24.8% versus a 24.8% average.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 620, a 17% decrease from 745 in 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Monterey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
437,613
Census ACS
Median income
$97,230
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
153
73,845 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salinas City Elementary
- Sherwood ElementaryElementary · 859 students
- Henry F. Kammann ElementaryElementary · 743 students
- Natividad ElementaryElementary · 705 students
- Mission Park ElementaryElementary · 657 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Boronda MeadowsElementary · 620 students
Other schools in Salinas
- Alisal HighHigh · 2,742 students
- Salinas HighHigh · 2,380 students
- North Salinas HighHigh · 2,106 students
- Everett Alvarez HighHigh · 1,978 students
- Rancho San Juan HighHigh · 1,600 students
- Harden MiddleMiddle · 1,101 students
Nearby schools
- El Sausal Middle0.3 mi · 1,067
- Fremont Elementary0.4 mi · 711
- Sherwood Elementary0.7 mi · 859
- Jesse G. Sanchez Elementary1.0 mi · 646
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy1.1 mi · 577
- Bardin Elementary1.2 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About Los Padres ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Los Padres Elementary?
Los Padres Elementary enrolls approximately 620 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Los Padres Elementary serve?
Los Padres Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Los Padres Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Los Padres Elementary is approximately 23.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Los Padres Elementary?
At Los Padres Elementary, the student body is approximately 0% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Los Padres Elementary in?
Los Padres Elementary is part of Salinas City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.